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Tulu vs Shona


Shona vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
46  
34

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Masikati  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Mangwanani  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Barpe  
bye  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Zimbabwe  

Dialect 2
Jain  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
Not Available  
shona  

German Name
Not Available  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
20th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Not Available  

Language Position
Not Available  
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sna  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Tulu and Shona Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Shona language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Shona Language History.

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Tulu and Shona Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Shona language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Shona Difficulty

The Tulu vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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